This is the thing that old people get where they think that every issue works both ways. They care about Trump so they assume we have the same opinions about the liberal elites like Clinton or Biden, or Obama.
This is also where the “Father, I cannot click the book” comes from. They can’t find reliable info online and think that kids cant find reliable info from books.
Honestly, it’s going to be awkward regardless, but it’s an important conversation to have. Just speak frankly, dont judge him, and don’t press the issue.
He doesn’t need to worry about shaving pubes, he’ll figure that out if he wants to do it, but it might be a good idea to let him know he should do it because he wants to, rather than because his partner does.
Hygiene is also not likely an issue if he’s gone this long without problems. If he doesn’t wear deodorant yet, just buy him a stick the next time you get groceries and let him know he needs it now.
Regarding porn, mention that it’s entertainment, not a guidebook. Porn is not like the real thing so don’t try to imitate things.
This has been true for 15 years, but video game execs don’t care about the game itself, they only care about the money it makes
Almost certainly no. This is the gateway for “the algorithm” to start recommending pop science and science communicators, and from there, a seed will sprout for people to get interested in “real science”
The jar with the stern chinese woman on the label contains wonders.
A crate full of microSD cards shipped as cargo could deliver speeds like this with a ping time measured in hours
Satisfactory was a phenomenal video game that you guys can play together. Not quite like Minecraft, but similar.
Bitwarden is FOSS but requires some technical setup and has no redundancy.
Bitwarden offers a cloud-based service in addition to self-hosted options. I choose to pay $10/year to get access to store OTP codes and easy Yubikey enrollment
Oh, I fully agree.
I really want to go back to electronics and appliances being both more robust and more repairable. It’s just that the vast majority of the population disagrees with that once they learn that it will make things cost more initially.
I think the “black box” nature of electronics is mostly illusory due to how we treat our devices. A friend bought a walking treadmill that wouldn’t turn on out of the box. She contacted the company, they told her to trash it and just shipped her a new one.
She gave it to me, I took it apart. One of the headers that connects the power switch to the mainboard was just unplugged. It took literally 10 minutes to “fix” including disassembly and assembly, and all I needed was a screwdriver.
This is a symptom of industry switching to cheap “disposable” electronics, rather than more expensive, robust, and repairable ones.
From the treadmill company’s point of view, it’s cheaper to just lose one unit and pay shipping one way rather than pay to have the unit returned, spend valuable technician time diagnosing and fixing an issue and then pay to ship the repaired unit back.
About 50 years ago, you could find appliance repair shops that would fix your broken toaster or TV, and parts for stuff like that were easily available. Now, with the advanced automation in building these, combined with the increased difficulty of repair(fine-work soldering, firmware debuging and the like) it makes way more sense to just replace the whole thing.
You’re not wrong. I love onions, but I will freely admit that they are a powerful flavor and they are basically in everything.
I will note that if you’re in this camp, that if you soak your onions in water for a couple minutes after slicing they are significantly less pungent, and will allow you to taste the other stuff better without sacrificing the texture they add
“He’s thrown out the old playbook. He’s not going through normal diplomatic channels.”
The man tries to treat politics like the Mafia dealings he’s more familiar with. “I know a guy” is the official channel
It does feel that way sometimes, but humans as a species are shockingly resilient. This isn’t the first crumbling empire we’ve had to deal with, nor will it be the last.
I’m jealous of the kids that will learn about this era in school in about 60 years.
It’s going to be a really interesting social studies subject linking the rise of Web 2.0 to the fall of America
“Autism didn’t exist when I was younger”
No, if only because I played through sonic adventure 2 somewhat recently
It is very reasonable. No one forced Valve to build their business model this way, and they are one of the most profitable companies per employee, ever.
Literally every software company built their business model this way. Go open a support case with any software vendor complaining that their product won’t run on Windows 98 and see how many help you out beyond “Buy a computer from this millennium”
It would not be onerous for them to continue supporting a couple of old versions of Windows, they would just have to hire a few more people to do it.
You are failing to understand just how much has changed since Windows 98. It’s a completely different environment that requires specialized knowledge to develop for. They can’t just dust off some old source code and re-release the client. The entire back-end has changed. It would be a massive undertaking that would appease about 12 people total.
Gabe would still be a billionaire.
Sure, but I would argue that there are a lot of better things that Valve could be doing with those resources than supporting Windows 98
It is a little weird that D&D is synonymous with tabletop RPGs, considering how many other great games are out there, especially these days. But D&D is by no means a bad game and people should still play it.